Vehicle state presentation system, vehicle, terminal device, and vehicle state presentation method

Abstract

A vehicle includes a notification unit that notifies an information processing device of a state of the vehicle; a reception unit that receives a first signal commanding the state to be maintained, from the information processing device; and a control unit that performs control such that maintains the state after lapse of a predetermined time as well when the reception unit receives the first signal within the predetermined time, and that performs control such that the state becomes a state different from the state after lapse of the predetermined time when the reception unit does not receive the first signal from the information processing device within the predetermined time.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A vehicle state presentation system comprising:
 a vehicle; and 
 a terminal device that is separate from the vehicle and that includes (i) a receiver that receives a notification signal from the vehicle which indicates that the vehicle is in a first state which is different from a second state, (ii) a notification unit that notifies a user of the terminal device of the first state of the vehicle based on the notification signal, (iii) an audio input unit that receives, from the user of the terminal device, an audio input which commands the first state to be maintained, and (iv) a transmitter that transmits a signal to the vehicle based on the audio input received by the audio input unit, 
 wherein the vehicle includes a control unit that
 performs control that maintains the first state after lapse of a predetermined time from a time that the notification unit of the terminal device notifies of the first state of the vehicle when a reception unit of the vehicle receives the signal transmitted from the transmitter within the predetermined time, and 
 performs control that changes the first state to become the second state after the lapse of the predetermined time when the reception unit of the vehicle does not receive the signal transmitted from the transmitter within the predetermined time. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The vehicle state presentation system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the notification unit issues a notification indicating that a window of the vehicle is open as the first state, and 
 the control unit performs control to close the window of the vehicle after the lapse of the predetermined time, when the reception unit of the vehicle does not receive the signal transmitted from the transmitter within the predetermined time. 
 
     
     
       3. The vehicle state presentation system according to  claim 1 , wherein the vehicle further comprises:
 a detection unit that detects whether the vehicle is in the first state, wherein 
 the vehicle sends the notification signal to the terminal device when the detection unit detects that the vehicle is in the first state. 
 
     
     
       4. The vehicle state presentation system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 when the audio input unit receives an audio command to switch the vehicle to the second state, the transmitter of the terminal device transmits a second signal commanding the vehicle to become the second state to a reception unit of the vehicle, and 
 the control unit performs control to switch the vehicle to the second state commanded by the second signal before lapse of the predetermined time, when the reception unit of the vehicle receives the second signal within the predetermined time. 
 
     
     
       5. A vehicle state presentation method comprising:
 a processor of a vehicle transmitting a notification signal to a terminal device that is separate from the vehicle, the notification signal indicating that the vehicle is in a first state which is different from a second state; 
 a notification unit of the terminal device notifying a user of the terminal device of the first state of the vehicle based on the notification signal received from the vehicle by a receiver of the terminal device; 
 an audio input unit of the terminal device receiving, from the user of the terminal device, an audio input which commands the first state to be maintained; 
 a transmitter of the terminal device transmitting a signal to the vehicle based on the audio input received by the audio input unit; 
 the processor of the vehicle maintaining the first state after lapse of a predetermined time from a time that the notification unit of the terminal device notifies the user of the first state of the vehicle when a reception unit of the vehicle receives the signal transmitted from the transmitter of the terminal unit within the predetermined time, and 
 the processor of the vehicle performing control that changes the first state to the second state after the lapse of the predetermined time when the reception unit of the vehicle does not receive the signal from the transmitter of the terminal device within the predetermined time. 
 
     
     
       6. The vehicle state presentation system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the terminal device includes an ear mounting unit configured to be mounted to an ear of the user, the ear mounting unit including a speaker that emits sound to an ear hole of the user, an authentication microphone that collects an echo sound within the ear hole of the user, and an utterance microphone that collects an uttered sound of the user, and 
 a controller of the terminal device performs an authentication process in which the speaker emits an authentication sound to the ear hole of the user, the authentication microphone acquires an echo sound of the authentication sound, and the controller authenticates the user by comparing the acquired echo sound to an echo sound of a registered user of the terminal device that is registered in advance of the authentication process. 
 
     
     
       7. The vehicle state presentation method according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the terminal device includes an ear mounting unit configured to be mounted to an ear of the user, the ear mounting unit including a speaker that emits sound to an ear hole of the user, an authentication microphone that collects an echo sound within the ear hole of the user, and an utterance microphone that collects an uttered sound of the user, and 
 a controller of the terminal device performs an authentication process by causing the speaker to emit an authentication sound to the ear hole of the user, acquiring an echo sound of the authentication sound by the authentication microphone, and authenticating the user by comparing the acquired echo sound to an echo sound of a registered user of the terminal device that is registered in advance of the authentication process.